Archives for the Month of September, 2013

Neri Oxman – Biomemetic Encapsulations of the Body

Pneuma 1 – Neri OxmanPneuma 1 – Neri Oxman

Neri Oxman, Assistant Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at the MIT Media Lab, is well known for her complex digital morphogenetic fabrications developed using biomimetic algorithms. In the past she has used the term ‘material ecology’, merging computation, biology and ecology, to describe her design process so that form-finding procedures are generated by throwing ‘environmental constraints into computational software’.

Pneuma 1 – Neri OxmanPneuma 1 – Neri Oxman

Pneuma 1 – Neri OxmanPneuma 2 – Neri Oxman

Pneuma 1 – Neri OxmanPneuma 2– Neri Oxman

Recent works such as the Pneuma series [2012], developed in collaboration with W. Craig Carter and Joe Hicklin, were modelled on the phylum Porifera. Corrugated and crenellated morphologies give rise to intensely coloured ‘architectural encapsulations for the human body’ [in relation to their environment based on protection, circulation and comfort].

Medusa – Neri OxmanMedusa – Neri Oxman

 Leviathan – Neri OxmanLeviathan – Neri Oxman

 Leviathan – Neri OxmanLeviathan – Neri Oxman

Stalasso – Neri OxmanStalasso – Neri Oxman

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